Marcella is not quite hitting the mark for me. The directing seems a bit heavy-handed, although this could be a scripting thing. There is a confusion of characters and her husband seems particularly stupid. Sinead Cussack does play a good frosty-bitch baddie though.

Undercover is good.

If you've got access to it, Penny Dreadful is wonderful. Season 3 has just started.

I am really enjoying Undercover. Shame they postponed last episode. I started watching Marcella but am same as Mike, it was just not hitting the mark for me.The Secret on ITV with James Nesbit is gripping.

Michael killed the mayor. Drugs were involved. According to reviews, no-one can fathom out the connection between Rudy and Michael. However, Maya was clearly connected to them both. Is there more to her than we know? Who was Nick - is there more to him? How could someone 'pretend' to be a writer for twenty years without their family expecting to see at the very least a frustrated writer, let alone a byline or two.

The plot had many holes. It's unfair to plug them with the promise of a second series.

I didn't feel the ending met my expectations. A series should be a series - complete.

I agree. Too many plot holes. Shoddy work. If a series ends with a question it should be at least be a different question: one that takes the story elsewhere, or else a twist on the original question that elevates the story to a different level.

Robert McKee's fourth commandment of scriptwriting:Thou shalt not use false mystery or cheap surprise.

Who was Nick - is there more to him? How could someone 'pretend' to be a writer for twenty years without their family expecting to see at the very least a frustrated writer, let alone a byline or two.

The plot had many holes. It's unfair to plug them with the promise of a second series.

I didn't feel the ending met my expectations. A series should be a series - complete.

I get it about the plot holes leaving you in the dark about the ending. But there is a point that could me made that sometimes you are not supposed to know directly what direction the story leads. The writers of the series wanted to depict how the undercover officers behaved in the way they made connections with the people they were following who were connected to or members of campaign groups to gather intelligence on them. Those kind of people had a huge network in order to build their intelligence and carefully worked out the particular sources they believed were important to get the intelligence from. That means that they had to create a fictitious identity for themselves and construct a false history that regards their background and they had to be absolutely sure that there wasn't any loose ends to find about there pretence because they didn't want anyone to know who they actually were. All Nick Johnson had to do was mention to his partner that he is a writer and devise a past for himself but to keep his identity hidden to make this most effective if he was to consider giving any suggestions such as visible materials that would illustrate the fact he is a writer it could expose what he is really doing. He didn't know that Maya would come to any realisation that he is an undercover police officer and he was delivering intelligence on Michael Antwi. He also could not have predicted that Kathleen Sanderson, the other undercover officer was going to be eliminated just at the moment she was going to meet up with Maya to divulge the details regarding the circumstances of the guy's death in police custody.

Both of these series left too much unsaid for me (Undercover and Marcella). I accept that not every book/story/series will have an ending that ties everything up, but those that are essentially mystery thriller type things should! Most of the books I've read recently have also had cop-out endings and they leave you feeling cheated.

I'm watching The Catch but via a streaming service. It's a very classy show (UK's The Hustle US upgrade) and I like the way the story is developing, layers unfolding. Also it's great to see John Simm stealing the show with his portrayal of an excellent psycho.

I really like it as well. What episode are you up to mike? I wonder whether Sky are going to buy the rights to season 2 and whether they will even make it. The premise is excellent and it is quite slick in the way it is filmed with the split screens.

A programme Secrets of the Asylum last night was fascinating and moving. People known to many TV viewers follow the stories of their ancestors who were locked away as lunatics. I didn't know the people last night, but next week we've got Christopher Biggins and that actress who is next door neighbour on the Liver Birds.

I bought them over a long period. I waited until they were really cheap. It was worth it. Because there were 15 series, it was never going to be cheap. But I did it gradually and didn't buy the next one until I was ready to watch it.

I'm currently working out which boxset to watch next. I've watched a few episodes of A Town Called Eureka and one episode of Being Human (the UK show), but I don't know which one to continue with. Both programmes seem really interesting. Has anyone else watched them? I did try watching the adaptation of Jamaica Inn that was on TV last year I think. However, I gave up on it. I couldn't seem to get into it at all.

Yay to Season 2 of The Catch being commissioned. I wouldn't be so quick to think Sky Living would drop it. I was really into a programme called Drop Dead Diva that they had on Living when it was purely Living. They didn't continue with it for season 4-6. It was only made available on Netflix, which I didn't have at the time.

Looking forward to the new Broadchurch series, saw them filming it on the beach at West Bay when on holiday there a week ago. Great excitement when seeing David Tennant! Couldn't get that close though so much security.

I really hope Broadchurch 3 is less of a dog's breakfast than Broadchurch 2. I stuck with it because Tennant and Coleman are great to watch together, but the whole thing was pretty ropey compared to the first series.

I enjoyed the BBC's adaptation of The Secret Agent; I thought it was brilliantly done. Definitely not a feel-good story, though!